1. Please use mouse to click the middle candle.
2. Put your hands together and pray from your
heart.
3. Please follow subtitles on the screen and
intone
”Jewels are provided and filled in lamps.”
4. Lastly return this pious deed back to
“everything
is like mother to sentient beings.”
5. When finished, please use mouse to click the
middle candle again.
Pious deeds and
benefits of lighting lamps
“Lamp” is the symbol of light
and wisdom, and it is also one of the ten supporting.
Through the explanation and meaning of lighting lamps, it
can ignite your “soul lamp” in your heart. Lamp is the
symbol of wisdom and light; lighting lamps to support Buddha
comes from that Buddha said lamp is the symbol of light and
wisdom, and it is also one of the important supporting
instruments. Lighting lamps before Buddha can symbolize
Buddha’s Perfection of Wisdom.
People live in the world of three circles, everything they
do and every thought they have always causes sins,
especially ignorance from the start. And if you don’t have
the great wisdom, you can’t break through it. Therefore,
it’s necessary to light lamp and to ignite our lamps in
hearts by Buddha’s Wisdom Lamp, and you have to continue
persistently. Especially in this era of ending time,
sentient beings not only are dull and slow, but they also
have many sins. Therefore, we can enlighten ourselves and
seek for wisdom by Buddha’s Wisdom Lamp.
During the period from present to being Buddha, sentient
beings are all covered by five poisons (Greed, Hatred,
Ignorance, Slowness, and Doubt) , they can’t clearly see the
world. Therefore, they experience cycle of rebirths,
struggle, and their bodies show four obvious changes (Earth,
Water, Fire, and Wind) before their death. Five poisons will
take the dead to three evil paths.
Greedy people will then see many unfortunate situations (
such as blade mountain, hungry spirits, and beasts), and
then pious deeds of lighting lamps will let the dead away
from evil deeds and proceed to pure land.
People with hatred will go to hell to suffer from
punishments of blade mountain and oil pan, but people who
light lamps before death will not suffer from these
punishments.
People with ignorance will fall down and see nothing but
dark. At this time, their ways will be as clear as lighting
roads with flashlight, and they can be away from danger and
won’t fall down.
People with arrogance and slowness will hear beast-like
roars or devil’s voices and then they will be irritated to
fall down. The power of lighting lamps will then protect the
dead from hearing these evil voices.
People with doubts will be hurt by weapons (such as blade,
sword, and spear) before their death, but they cannot see
where these weapons are. At this time, but pious deeds of
lighting lamps before death will lead the dead to lightness,
and can also avoid all harms from these weapons.
Pious deeds of lighting lamps before death will protect the
dead from being hurt by these five poisons after death and
keep them away from evil path.
In “Sutra of Bodhisattva,” it is said that “Light tens of
thousands lamps to eliminate all sins.” Tens of thousands
means ten thousand. In the Sutra we can also see that if we
light lamps devoutly to support Buddha in pagodas and
temples, then good results will come as followed:
1. Eyes and limbs will always be in good shape without any
flaws.
2. You will never be ill and your voice will always be soft
and nice.
3. You will have a clear heat and wisdom, and won’t be
cheated by ignorance.
4. You will have good visions just like Manizu Bead lighting
every details in the world.
5. Eyeballs, corneas, and conjunctivas will always be in
good shape.
6. You will live a good life well provided with food and
clothing and without fear.
7. Feel free for your body and heart, and then treasures
will come to you unceasingly.
8. You can get beautiful strings of pearls and lamps and
quiet gardens.
9. Your body is strong and healthy and you are full of
energy.
10. You will not fight with people. Travel around the world
and you won’t have ignorance and worries.
